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Benjamin Thompson
First to label nutrition as a science in the late 1800's and he invented the first range with temperature controls -
Catherine Beecher
She wrote the first FACS textbook (A Treatise on Domestic Economy) recognized by the Department of Education in 1841. -
Land Grant University
It is an institution of higher education in the United States designated by a state to receive the benefits of the Morrill Acts of 1862 and 1890. -
Ellen Swallow Richards
a MIT graduate and chemistry faculty member. She believed science could be used to improve the health and wellbeing of people. -
Marion Talbot
She was a specialist in domestic science and became head of the Department of Household Administration at the University of Chicago in 1904. She was also the co-founder of the American Home Economics Association in 1908. -
University of Arkansas - Fayetteville
Founded in 1871 as the Arkansas Industrial University on the site of a hilltop farm overlooking the Ozark Mountains, giving it the nickname “The Hill.” The school’s name was changed to the University of Arkansas in 1899, and now serves as the flagship university for the University of Arkansas system of higher education. -
University of Arkansas - Pine Bluff
Founded in 1873 and opened in 1875 as the Branch Normal College as an affiliate of the Arkansas Industrial University in Fayetteville. In 1927, the school severed its ties with the University of Arkansas and became Arkansas Agricultural, Mechanical & Normal College (Arkansas AM&N), moving to its present location in Pine Bluff in 1929. -
Flemmie Pansy Kittrell
She was the first African-American woman to earn a Ph.D in Nutrition. From 1990-1994, she work at the Hampton Institute as a professor in Nutrition then became the dean of women and head of the department of economics. -
Smith Lever Act
Established a national Cooperative Extension Service that extended outreach programs through land-grant universities to educate rural Americans about advances in agricultural practices and technology. -
Smith Hughes Act
It provided federal aid to the states for the purpose of promoting pre-collegiate vocational education in agricultural and industrial trades and in home economics. -
American Consumption Education
Home economists teach the nation the rules of substitution to increase the consumption of fresh fruits and vegetables, which could not be shipped abroad to soldiers during WWI. -
Betty Lamp
The American Home Economics Associated adopted the symbol for the association.Mildred Chamberlain of Chicago submitted
the design stating, "The lamp in colonial days provided light for all household industries." -
Vocational Education Act
It expanded the role of vocational education and funding was substantially increased. -
Vocational Amendment of 1968
It addressed the nation's social and economic problems and continued funding for students who were at risk or with disabilities. -
Vocational Amendment of 1973
It increased funding for vocational education. It provided for a National Advisory Council on Vocational Education. -
Vocational Amendment of 1976
It required states receiving federal funding for vocational education to develop and carry out activities and programs to eliminate gender bias, stereotyping, and discrimination in vocational education. -
FHA to FCCLA
Future Homemakers of America changed their name to Family, Career, and Community Leaders of America. -
FCS Body of Knowledge
It is the current framework that serves as the foundation for the field. -
Carl Perkins Act
It was to develop more fully the academic vocational and technical skills of secondary students and post secondary students who elect to enroll in vocational and education programs -
ADA to AND
American Dietetic Association changed their name to Academic of Nutrition and Dietetics